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Hard pass for me! Hahahah Looking forward to all your thoughts. And if Ken has survived.. his thoughts too. 😂

I did a double take in the solarium when I looked up. Regarding the taxis, I don’t recall seeing any waiting for hire at the beach other than the pre arranged vans/buses etc. There are plenty available off the ship however. A bartender in concierge lounge is from Trinidad & said to me that he would not do anything that wasn’t arranged through the ship. I don’t feel like it was just selling Royals brand but who knows. 🤷🏻‍♂️

I was perusing through the onboard account & noticed just posted some credits for port/air taxes. I imagine this means we will be missing a port. No announcement yet. I have an excursion for St Lucia and no refund for that. so maybe Tobago tomorrow? Not sure why else there would be port tax credits posted.

I lied. Checked and it was $79.99/person.

Taking into consideration the ships age she is fantastic. Sure, she could use some TLC in spots but everything has been in good working order. GS is great. Can’t find a single thing to complain about. I love radiance class so I am somewhat partial. If you come into it expecting it to be like Oasis class you’ll be disappointed most likely. Apples and oranges IMO. I haven’t noticed many children. 👍🏻 Ill be posting final thoughts at the end.

Sunset from our balcony

Giovanni’s (in room) Caprese Salads We split all 3: Filet Mignon/ mashed potatoes Seafood Linguine Branzino/root vegetables We enjoyed everything. Steak was just as good as Chops on night 2. Very much like the seafood linguine. We had a delivery that we put in the cooler for dessert 😋

Sorry I do not know taxi fares but i imagine a major portion of the cost, if not all, is the transportation. Everything once we got there was additional cost.

I think it’s was $75.99 per person. Too much bus time for me but was overall good experience. I am glad we decided to do it. Definitely don’t regret the decision.

Solarium roof open this afternoon

Sorry must be hungry .. got sidetracked with food info. Here’s some more on Trinidad port area. There are some shops indoors right off the ship and also an outdoor market - open air type market. The outdoor market was blazing hot and crowded. Nothing here caught our eye. Not much to see IMO. Same old stuff/trinkets being peddled at any other port. Either choose an excursion or stay on the ship. No way I’d wander aimlessly here or venture too far outside port area on my own. That’s just me, but there seemed to be a few adventurous folks…very few.

Dinner tonight will be Giovanni’s via room service (thanks again Edna for arrangements) Edna is a fantastic concierge. I like her attitude & personality.

We did just do room service last night. Royal Burger is always good. Chicken wings meh - mostly breading and light on the meat. Not my bag baby.

We grabbed a Bake n Shark right before getting back in the bus. It was good. Hit the spot after a few Carib’s and a long bus ride ahead. The sauce labeled ketchup was most definitely NOT ketchup and it SURELY was NOT Heinz! 😂

The water was nice especially since it was about 90 degrees+ in the sun. Water had a Little chill at first but not bad at all. Very refreshing. Red flags were out…The water was pretty rough with waves curling & crashing and current was strong. Still plenty of people in the water. There were lifeguards that would walk around directing people with a whistle who were getting too comfortable & heading out too far. Not sure you’ll be able to tell from the video… IMG_1894.mov

Maracas Beach

We enjoyed the beach and got there in one of the first 2 bus loads so we got a really good spot with some shade trees and near the food and bus parking lot. 2 chairs and an umbrella were $20. Carib beers were $4 each. There were many vendors walking around selling beers/water/pop, coconut, snow cones, even good humor ice cream. Generally they just walked past & were not pushy at all.

Scenic overlook 🐾🐾🐾🐾 Miss my fur babies

Back from the Maracas Beach Excursion. It was about 45-50 minutes to get there via Mini Bus with a short stop (maybe 5 min) at a scenic overlook which also had snack/souvenir stands. We met in the schooner at 9 and by 9:35 we were in the bus and shoving off. We arrived at Maracas Beach at 10:30 & had 3 hours there. Meeting time back at the bus was 1:30. It did take longer to get back since there was more traffic but not much. It was about 60-65 minutes on the return. Heres pics from bus and scenic overlook stop.

Currently on the mini bus to Maracas Beach which has AC and WiFi. Wifi is an unexpected bonus. Roads are super windy. Driver says about 1 hour drive. Longer than expected 🤔

Approaching Port of Spain Trinidad 🇹🇹